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PERCUSSION CORPORELLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

[A] sound produced for different effects by using the body as an instrument (e.g., clapping hands, snapping fingers, patting the thighs).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

Les percussions corporelles sont un genre musical consistant à produire des mélodies ou des rythmes en utilisant le corps comme instrument de musique; faire sonner les cuisses avec les mains, claquer la langue ou les doigts, frapper du pied, toute une gamme de sons permettent de transformer le corps en instrument rythmique.

Spanish

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